The Advantages And Pros And Cons Of A Wireless Body Sensor Network

The typical daily cost for single in patients in hospitals was over $1,700 in 2013, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation [10]. Remote monitoring products such as the BodyGuardian provide the healthcare advantages such as the option to move patients to their home and retain monitoring of their status by doctors and nurses. A paper [11] proposes an original, IoT-aware, smart architecture for automatic monitoring and tracking of patients, personnel, and biomedical devices within medical

A WSN is a type of wireless networks that consists of collection sensor nodes which are tiny devices. Each sensor node of the network has different processing capability. It may contain multiple types of memory (program, data and flash memories), have a RF transceiver, have a power source (e.g., batteries and solar cells), and accommodate various sensors and actuators. The nodes communicate wirelessly and often self-organize after being deployed in an ad hoc fashion [13, 14]. Optimum need of each sensor node is to maximize its own utility function. Also the whole network requires resource assignments balance to perform in a useful and efficient way. This chapter presents a brief survey on WSNs showing its types, characterizing features, protocols and applications.

This technological advancement facilitates the potential use of a \ac{WHTD} as a solution to relieve the burden on the health care system. The \ac{WHTD} refers to the devices which are capable of monitoring the physiological signs (e.g., heart activity, \ac{ECG}, \ac{EMG}, blood pressure, body temperature, oxygen saturation, etc.) of the human body and its surrounding environment (e.g., light, humidity, temperature, etc.) using a number of sensors located on or/and in the human body using \ac{BAN} \cite{movassaghi2014wireless,bangash2014survey,jovanov2011body}. This has been employed in various applications, such as military and sports training, \ac{HCI}, entertainment (interactive gaming), home and office automation, environmental monitoring, and \ac{VR}. It has also shown a tremendous potential as a personal healthcare system, which can provide services such as remote patient and elderly people monitoring, activity monitoring, rehabilitation, and disability assistance services as these devices can monitor health status seamlessly in real-time without disturbing users daily life. Consequently, major \ac{ICT} companies are introducing various wearable devices and services with Personalised Health Data management systems. Apple iWatch with HealthKit, Samsung Galaxy fit and Samsung Digital Health, and Google Fit are some of the

This author believes by moving the healthcare from hospitals and healthcare centers to the people home can potentially open up new opportunities to continuously monitor and adjust treatment and prevention plans accordingly. Healthcare cost is enormous and continually increasing, by integrating IoT to daily life of people, healthcare providers can detect and monitor the health of people in real-time and apply better preventive methods to reduce health risk factors and consequently the cost of care. The IoT can help people to manage their own life better by knowing their health status in real-time and adjust their lifestyle habits accordingly. The Patient with chronic disease like type I diabetes can continuously monitor their blood glucose level

My knowledge in this area is reflected with my understanding in the concept of remotely monitoring patients is not new but recently a lot of attention has been placed on smart wearable body sensors (SWS). Therefore, these devices contain an assortment of different sensors which can be used to monitor variables and transmit data either to a personal device or to a storage site. The variety of the sensors can be attributed to the types of stimuli that they respond to, for an example, physiological vital signs, body movements, and organic substances and their placements clothing, subcutaneous implant, body part accessory, and many more. These devices have the opportunity to meet the patients’ needs by administering information in real-time to the patient’s smartphone, computer or other wireless devices and has the potential to influence their behaviours. The sensors allow patients to self-monitor, track, and assess human physiological data, while also providing interfaces and a dashboard for healthcare providers. These sensors are easily managed and are becoming increasingly accurate and reliable for patient care. The SWS’s can also be utilized as a diagnostic tool to

Coincident with the increase of healthcare expenditure is the technological revolution in wearable technology, bio sensors, and wireless communication. This technological advancement lead to interest in a new type of network architecture, generally known as body sensor network (BSN) or body area network (BAN), as the solution to relief the burden on the clinical system.

In our project, we are trying to provide an embedded wireless system by using the Army base stations can monitor the health of soldiers using wireless body area sensor networks such as temperature sensor, heart beat sensor, etc. Base stations can also track the location of soldiers by using Global positioning system (GPS)

WBAN technology could provide the connectivity to support elderly people and chronic disease in managing their daily life, it also allows easy internetworking with other devices and networks, thus providing the health care worker with easy access to a patient’s critical and non-critical data. A WBAN allows continuous monitoring of the physiological parameters. Wherever the patient is despite the distance such as in the hospital, at home or in the market, the patient will no longer need to stay in hospital bed, but will be able to move around freely. Furthermore, the data obtained during a large time interval in the patient’s natural environment offers a clearer view to the doctors or nurses than data obtained during short stays at the hospital

GPS-tracking, radars, lasers, cybersecurity software, and “vehicle-to-vehicle” (V2V) communication technology (2015).” Many companies are experimenting this technology in their car such as Google, General Motors

Sandeep Kumar Subudhi and S. Sivanandam wrote a paper titled "Intelligent Wireless Patient Monitoring and Tracking System" for the International Journal of Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Studies on their work which monitors human body temperature, Pulse Rate, blood pressure and ECG and tracking the patient location. The sensor information that was collected was transmitted from the patient unit using Zigbee communication system to the main controller unit. The observer or the doctor can also receive a message sent by GSM module and further decision can be taken based on the

In this advancing world, healthcare has been one of the fast growing facilities with respect to the use of technologies for the safety and swift method of treatments. Hospital is one kind of building that is designed completely based on the functional aspects of the users. The traditional hospital structures have less flexibility, giving them less chance of effective usage after 15 to 20 years. Most of these facilities are revamped or renovated. Few of these facilities are shut because of the user inefficiency. These realities possess the need for bringing in the consideration of all technologies inside the healthcare facility. Building hospitals by integrating automated or technological systems can help the facility

MANET [5] is the main area of research because of some challenges and issues that still exist in the network. MANET is the type’s wireless network in which each node communicates with other node via wireless medium.

The increasing usage of networks especially wireless networks for different applications, has moved to focus towards the design and optimal routing of the networks in the modern life. The use of wireless networks instead of wired networks solves many issues in real life. These challenges includes the Mobility, signal fading, power and energy, data rate, security etc.

As the advancement of science and technology takes place transformation in the healthcare sector is also witnessed. Internet of Things (IoT) plays the role of a game changer and brings revolution in the healthcare sector. It comprises of a set of technologies which make it possible to interact and communicate with an extensive range of appliances, devices, and objects through networking technologies. It is devoted to the assessment of healthcare, which comprises patient monitoring, detection of a situation where medical interventions are required .Healthcare sector goes through reformation in terms of technological, economic and social aspects with the introduction of IoT. It has a great impact on analytical purposes, understanding of diseases and their treatment and public health management. IoT in healthcare is an intelligent and innovative way with the motto of “Live longer and prosper”. Still, there is a lot of challenges to be rectified for the better implementation of techniques in terms of consumer adaptation and welfare .One of the major issue to be addressed is interoperability and security. This could be possible with the collaboration of individuals, industry, and government.

New technology research has evolved the ways in which the Internet is used. It impacts